{"id":4435,"date":"2018-09-11T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T11:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/?p=4435"},"modified":"2018-09-13T09:50:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T08:50:53","slug":"blended-learning-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2018\/09\/11\/blended-learning-101\/","title":{"rendered":"Blended Learning 101"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Nuala Davis, LTDS<\/strong><\/p>\n<header><\/header>\n<p>Here are a few practical tips on getting started.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Bling it up<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Our institutional VLE Blackboard\u00a0<strong>can<\/strong>\u00a0be made to look more interesting.\u00a0 It\u2019s down to you\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>add images to items<\/li>\n<li>think about what you can embed \u2013 Video, Slideshare, Polls and quizzes<\/li>\n<li>Add links to discussion boards \u2013 and if you use these make sure you have time to contribute and set the tone (be a good cocktail party host at the start).\u00a0 Create an introductory post on each discussion board \u2013 it\u2019s far too scary to be the first one who posts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Signpost<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Make the journey really clear on your course and use weekly emails\/announcements to reinforce what\u2019s to be done and reflect on what\u2019s been good.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0Use one of the new module templates based on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/elearning\/blackboard\/baseline\/\">Blackboard baseline<\/a>\u00a0so that students get a consistent experience.<\/p>\n<p>If you include a link to a document tell the students what you want them to do with it \u2013 read it? skim it? make notes on specific points? focus on pp 14-19?<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>\n<p>Include some getting started material \u2013 how the course is organised,\u00a0 how to get help, how to subscribe to discussion boards (so you get notified when someone posts!)\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Set expectations of how much time student should spend on sections of the material, so that they know what are the essential parts and don\u2019t burn out on the introductory elements.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Media<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you are going to be making any videos think about where you are going to host them.\u00a0 You can then include them on Blackboard with links or embed code.\u00a0 We have a few choices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/teaching.ncl.ac.uk\/recap\/\">ReCap<\/a>\u00a0(our version of Panopto)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/streaming\/nuvisionmedialibrary\/\">NUVision<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.microsoftstream.com\/\">Microsoft Stream<\/a><\/li>\n<li>YouTube, Vimeo etc (if you can bear the adverts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you have the video hosted make sure you add your captions so that these play in the embedded player.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Making videos<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to spend money \u2013 you can make great narrated powerpoints, talking heads or screen captures without spending money\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/teaching.ncl.ac.uk\/recap\/howtouserecap\/staffguide\/personalcapture\/\">ReCap personal capture<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 talk to LTDS about getting a pCap folder set up, get the software installed and have a hand to get stared<\/li>\n<li>Use Powerpoint to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c\">record your slides<\/a>\u00a0(Slide Show\/record slide show),\u00a0 or use it to do a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/record-your-screen-in-powerpoint-0b4c3f65-534c-4cf1-9c59-402b6e9d79d0\">screen recording<\/a>\u00a0(insert\/screen recording), then Save As mp4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have a longer lead time and need some professionally produced media get in touch with our crack\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/itservice\/digital-media\/\">Digital Media Services<\/a>\u00a0team.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Recording Audio<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Have a smartphone?\u00a0 Use a \u201csound recorder\u201d app on your phone to record an audio track. Or you could download and use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/nualadavis\/2015\/11\/20\/audacity-basics\/\">Audacity<\/a>\u00a0to record and edit yourself!\u00a0 You can upload audio to ReCap and NUVision.\u00a0 \u00a0On ReCap you can add bookmarks (eg\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campus.recap.ncl.ac.uk\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=4c433397-1d39-48bd-b738-e4c5d9f0febd\">three views on one question<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Polls and Quizzes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Blackboard quizzes can look a bit scary, so if your questions are formative and you don\u2019t need to know who answered what you can use\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/docs\/answer\/7032287?hl=en\">Google Forms<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/create-a-quiz-with-microsoft-forms-a082a018-24a1-48c1-b176-4b3616cdc83d\">Microsoft Forms<\/a>\u00a0to make a quiz.\u00a0 Then you can embed the quiz, provide a link to it (or both), and share the results back.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Prototype and Get feedback<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Ask colleagues or students to comment on your initial designs: does it work? Does it make sense? Is it clear what you are being asked to do?\u00a0 Are the discussion spaces inviting?<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Talk to colleagues<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Shamelessly pick the brains of colleagues who have done similar projects! You will have more ideas together.<\/p>\n<p>Talk to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ltds\/about\/contact\/\">LTDS<\/a>\u00a0for \u201chow-to\u201d support on Blackboard, ReCap, ePortfolio and for tips on designing your learning materials.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/category\/nutela\/\">NUTELA<\/a>\u00a0and join in their workshops and community (there is free pizza and pop).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nuala Davis, LTDS Here are a few practical tips on getting started. Bling it up Our institutional VLE Blackboard\u00a0can\u00a0be made to look more interesting.\u00a0 It\u2019s down to you\u2026 add images to items think about what you can embed \u2013 Video, Slideshare, Polls and quizzes Add links to discussion boards \u2013 and if you use &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2018\/09\/11\/blended-learning-101\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blended Learning 101&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3007,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[238,592,278,508,461,239],"class_list":["post-4435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-blackboard","tag-msforms","tag-nutela","tag-pcap","tag-quiz","tag-recap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4435"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4462,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4435\/revisions\/4462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}